A few days ago Bo (3 1/2) comes to me with his toy cell phone and says “Mommy let me take your picture. Say CHEESE!” So I do. He says thanks then says “I’m going to woodyandbuzztoystory dot com on my buzz cell phone to play games!” all the while pressing buttons and studying the screen.
It’s amazing the things kids pick up from us! Hehe I can’t take the credit for this one…I don’t have internet on my phone so he must have gotten it from hubby
Something else Bo does that he got from his daddy…he sings “Psychosocial”…not exactly the kind of music for a 3yo…it use to come out as “Cycle Soaper” but its getting closer and closer to the real thing…at least he doesn’t know what it means, right?
His vocabulary is sometimes enough to catch me off guard.
Bo: “I need water before bed.”
Me: “Why?”
Bo: “Because I’m not hydrated enough.”
Um okay…it shocked me enough to let him out of bed for a drink.
So this morning I was happily updating my portfolio over at SPS and I decided I wanted to include my awesome design of this blog. I bee-bopped over to take a screen-shot and a moment of sadness nearly overcame me! I could hardly believe it had been so long since I updated this blog. Everytime I’ve thought of CM I knew I needed to update but things kept getting in the way.
Captive by what? Family, work and Facebook. LOL! My family is doing great. The boys are growing (way too fast) and the holidays are fast approaching (AHHHHH!!!!). Here’s a pic of us in front of my Mom’s “The Great Pumpkin”
The Great Pumpkin
You’ll notice Levi’s look of horror…well Daddy tried to get him to sit on top of the pumpkin (it’s the blow-up kind and not very sturdy) and for all Levi’s bravery he wouldn’t have anything to do with it. Bo named the decoration “The Great Pumpkin” from his favorite Peanuts movie.
As for work…well SPS is flourishing. After a business remodel (thanks to my adviser’s prompting — that’s Chip by the way) SPS is keeping me very busy. My current count of custom website designs is 26 (Yay!) For two years of work, that ain’t bad
In my spare time (when I should be sleeping) I am usually on Facebook. The first step to curing addictions is admitting you have a problem…well I don’t have a problem What has me so ensnared? Games. I love Facebook games! Some of my favorites are developed by Zynga. My top 3 are:
YoVille (virtual town where you go to work to earn a living, buy homes and decorations and clothes)
Mafia Wars (snuff out rival mafias and work your way up to the boss)
Cafe World (run your own cafe, decorate and make tasty-looking dishes)
Some of the other games I like are Sunshine Ranch (it’s not very well developed and has a LOT of glitches but it’s still fun and VERY colorful), FarmTown (my original game obsession that has kinda fizzed out since I have the biggest farm and almost all the stuff) and FarmVille (similar to FarmTown).
So now that I have renewed my blog I promise I’ll be back soon and keep you updated!
~TTFN
Apple iPhone…everyone has one or everyone wants one…or atleast it seems that way…I’m the latter. I want one of these cool phones SO BADLY that I’ve entered several contests to try and win one. One of the contests can be found here: http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/06/win-a-free-iphone-3g-s.html
Bo and Hubby love this stuff. Okay, okay I love it too This will be a dessert/snack that is fought over in your house just like in mine!
The photo shows what is left after my son and husband get to it just out of the oven. This is about 1/2 the full amount. This snack is great for the park or an on-the-go snack, even in the summer because the ingredients are already melted. Just don’t forget the wet-wipes. I’ve seen variations on this recipe that include peanuts, almonds and white chocolate so subsitute, add, remove as you need to. Here’s how I make it:
Warning: This stuff is highly addictive and I cannot be responsible for therapy needed to kick the habit or the weight gained eating it.
Note about the raisins: Yes they would be more yummy coated in the melted chocolate but DO NOT cook them in with the mix. They swell up and taste burnt. Trust me I’ve done it and had to pick them all back out.
Tonight the ladies from my church are getting together for Fiesta Night! I volunteered to bring the makings for sopapillas! If you’ve never had a bite (that’s all it takes to be hooked for life) of this delicious dessert you are definitely missing out! Our favorite local Mexican restaurant, La Parilla serves them and they rock! So what are they? How do you make them? Here’s all the info and the recipe.
Sopapillas are fried flour tortillas or flat bread flavored with honey. Of course I jazz them up a little You can increase or decrease any of the ingredients based on your personal preferences (besides the tortilla).
* (5/9/09) I modified the recipe and added the photo after the party to reflect how best to make them.
I’m gonna change the blog title to “The forgetful, busy, non-blogging mommy who never updates her blog”. Okay not really but life has really been holding me captive since we returned from our vacation. Sorry if it seems I’ve abandoned this blog. Too often I would think “I really need to blog today” but then never find the time or even remember to just come here and type a few words. Ugg!
So what’s been going on? Our vacation was great! We spent a week in Bradenton, FL. I’d love to be able to refer you to our family blog to see the pictures but I’ve been procrastinating in more than one area. Editing over 200 pictures to post on the internet just doesn’t rank very high up my ‘Oh yay I get to do’ list. Maybe one day when I’m really really really bored…
Since we got back we have had new family pictures taken (these ARE posted on the family blog), dentist appointments, planting our garden, yard work/landscaping, etc. Well Levi is trying to eat the whole box of cherrios. TTFN
When I stay up until 12 or 1 with Levi I usually end up hungry before I go to sleep. Last night my snack was a couple of brownies and milk (everything is always better when accompanied by milk). Most times I can eat (or drink) anything — even coffee — before bed and it doesn’t bother me, but last night…whew! My dreams were enough to make me stop eating brownies (or any other type of chocolate) before bed!
I wrote about being one of the last people I know to read Twilight. The first book was good. So good I ordered the box set off Amazon with next-day shipping just so I can see what happens next — it’ll be here tomorrow. Last night we had a girls night and watched the movie. So that was fresh on my mind.
On my way to my friends’ house I had some sort of epiphany. It was a seemingly very good idea for another of my random writings so when I got there I wrote it down. Mommy brain causes me to forget things easily so at least this way I’d have some sort of way of recalling the idea(s). This idea was still forming in my head right before bed.
Another part of my strange and bazaar dreams was the song “Dead Man” by Jars of Clay. I bought the song on iTunes yesterday and added it to my iPod. Hubby really likes it and the beat is very catchy so I was singing it all day yesterday…and all night last night.
So these dreams were a mixture of Twilight, my new novel idea and this song. Something like this: Edward Cullen in 1850 England to the tune of “Carry me! I’m just a dead man lying on the carpet, can’t find a heartbeat. Make me breathe. I wanna be a new man. Tired of the old one, off with the old man.” If you know anything about Twilight and have heard this song (if not click here) then you know how ironic this combination is. This is an inspirational song symbolic of our dead life without Christ. Twilight is about vampires. Where 19th century England comes into all the irony has yet to be seen, but it did make for very strange dreams.
I say dreams (plural) because when I’m asleep and happen to be having a dream if I’m provoked to semi-consciousness (like hubby leaving for work at 5am) I can usually return to the dream in progress. The dream usually takes a turn of some kind, new setting, new plot, etc. but overall the dream doesn’t stop. This equals the same type of dream in different settings with different things happening. Thank the Lord above (seriously) that I don’t remember most of the dreams. They freaked me out enough while dreaming them I have no need to be tormented while I’m awake trying to figure out what they mean. I do have a theory of what they were trying to convey:
STOP eating chocolate before bed! Well I’m out of brownies now so at least until I make more…maybe next time Edward will tell me the secret to actually finishing one of my novels so I can become a famous author! Ha!
Throughout the blog party I had 91 different comments (on both blogs) and/or new mailing list subscribers! Using Random.org numbers were randomly given to each entry (tracked with email address) and the top 7 (the winners) are:
If your name is above and you haven’t heard from me yet it’s only because the person in front of you hasn’t picked their prize yet If I am unable to get in touch with someone who has won before Wednesday April 1 I will continue down the list of random winners. This is the same list as posted at Sara*s Pixel Studio Blog because I combined prize lists for both blogs for the party.
Well before going to bed tonight I wanted to just tell all of you thank you for visiting my blog and making this Ultimate Blog Party awesome! I had lots of fun visiting other blogs, following you on Twitter and getting comments and follows from all of you!
I will be closing comments on all my UBP posts now and tomorrow I will work on getting the prizes dished out to everyone!
I’m NOT wishing my kids to grow up faster than necessary but Bo is already building up the skills to be a good daddy one day. Of course he has the greatest example to go by. Hubby always makes time for him and his little brother no matter what. Bo has this stuffed lion — he has a whole zoo he sleeps with but this lion is his favorite — named Steve (as in Blues Clues). This morning I was just getting Levi out of bed and Bo says “Steve is my baby!” I can’t even begin to explain the cuteness of it all but more importantly he seems to know exactly how to manage a ‘baby’. He cuddled him close and whispered “It’s okay, Steve. Don’t cry.” I almost teared up!
Hoping to get the most of this special moment I asked him some questions
Me: So you are Steve’s Daddy?
Bo: Yes!
Me: What does Steve eat?
Bo: Umm..(thinking)…baby lion food…oh and coffee!!
Me: Do you change Steve’s diaper when he’s wet or dirty?
Bo: No! (apparently he’s planning on having the mommy do that)
The coffee thing is another funny story. Whenever Bo is around and I’m drinking coffee he always wants some. Well more than some. If I didn’t stop him he’d drink it all. We aren’t big on letting him drink things with caffeine so the occasional sip of coffee isn’t the end of the world. I think its the ‘adultness’ of the drink that makes him want it. Hubby and I have Starbucks gift cards and Bo found one this morning (prior to Steve drinking it) and he asked if he could have some coffee. I always use times like this to help him pretend so I gave him a cup and said go to Starbucks and get you some coffee.
Another thing he does a lot lately is push his shopping cart around ’shopping’ for groceries. The cart is usually filled with monster trucks, Steve and other various toys. This is also something he gets from his daddy. Hubby is the best grocery shopper in our house. Somehow (don’t ask me how) he can take the same list and amount of money and come home with twice the groceries that I would. We often go shopping as a family so Bo sees this first hand. He thought it was cool when I told him that Kroger has a Starbucks inside and he can shop for groceries and drink coffee. He promptly plopped his ‘coffee’ cup into his shopping cart and off he went.
Tonight the ladies from my church are getting together for Fiesta Night! I volunteered to bring the makings for sopapillas! If you’ve never had a bite (that’s all it takes to be hooked for life) of this delicious dessert you are definitely missing out! Our favorite local Mexican restaurant, La Parilla serves them and they rock! So what are they? How do you make them? Here’s all the info and the recipe.
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